Transcript Regional High-level Workshop on Electronic Commerce and

Regional High-Level Workshop
on Electronic Commerce and ICT
for Central America and the
Caribbean
Curacao, 25 – 27 June 2002
Philip Cross
ITU Caribbean Representative
Urban/Rural Universal Service
Urban/Rural Universal Service, Caribbean
Urban
Rural
Urban Res Rural Res Urban
Rural
Population Population Lines
Lines
TeledensityTeledensity
Antigua & Barbuda
24120
42880
19800
4950
82
12
Bahamas
254617
38383
59286
14822
23
40
Barbados
127626 139374
60681
15170
48
11
Belize
109968 127032
17843
4461
16
4
Cuba
8393000 2607000 178667
44667
2
2
Dominica
52275
22725
13238
3309
25
15
Dominican Rep
5117550 3057450 370556
92639
7
3
Grenada
35838
63162
18176
4544
51
7
Guyana
269250 480750
33726
8431
13
2
Haiti
2180844 4550156
34800
8700
2
0
Jamaica
1355000 1145000 297034
69758
22
6
St. Kitts/Nevis 14238
27762
10516
2629
74
9
St.Lucia
57660
97340
22990
5747
40
6
St. Vincent & Gren
54945
56055
12753
3188
23
6
Suriname
215698 218302
43077
10769
20
5
Trinidad & Tobago
938600 361400 173358
43339
18
12
Total
19201229 13034771 1366501 337123
Average
29
9
Source: ITU
Country
Subscriber Growth
Country
Fixed Lines
Fixed Lines
Mobile
subscribers
Mobile
subscribers
Growth
Growth
Population
1995
2001
1995
2001
Fixed Lines
Mobile
Antigua &
Barbuda
25900
37300
1300
25000
0.44
18.23
80000
Bahamas
83700
123300
4100
60600
0.47
13.78
310000
Barbados
90100
123800
4600
28500
0.37
5.20
268000
Belize
28900
35200
1500
28200
0.22
17.80
240000
Dominica
17800
23300
461
1200
0.31
1.60
80000
Grenada
23200
32800
400
6400
0.41
15.00
100000
Guyana
44600
79900
1200
39500
0.79
31.92
870000
Jamaica
357262
562827
45100
700000
0.58
14.52
2650000
St Kitts&
Nevis
14400
21900
300
1200
0.52
3.00
40000
St Vincent
& the
Grenadines
18200
24900
200
2400
0.37
11
110000
Trinidad &
Tobago
209300
311800
6400
225400
0.49
34.22
1300000
Access/infrastructure
• In Accordance with ITU/WTO developments:
Liberalization
Privatization
Competition – CPP, Roaming, Calling Cards
New Licences
Regulation
New Technologies – VOIP, DSL, Broadband
Policies
Bridge the Digital Divide – where are we?
Telecommunications - Access
Information
Computer availability
ICT for development
E-Commerce
• BARRIERS TO ICT DEVELOPMENT
 inadequate policies and strategies
 inadequate and/or expensive telecommunications
infrastructure
 inadequate legislation;
 lack of awareness and required skills.
 Placement within ministries
 Inadequate Coordination
 Insufficient private sector participation, especially
by banks
New Developments
• Agenda for Connectivity
• UN Task Force on ICT
• ITU Initiatives –
World Telecommunication Development
Conference
Electronic Commerce for Developing
Countries (EC-DC)
Caribbean ICT Coordination
• UNCTAD Initiative
• World Summit on the Information Society
The Way Forward
• ICT/E-Commerce to be high on the agenda of
Caribbean Heads of Government
• Cooperation and coordination
• Policies and legislation for ICT, including
E-Commerce
• Development of Caribbean Strategy
• Complete liberalization of the telecommunication
sector
• Proper regulation (management) of the telecomms
sector
The Way Forward ctd
• Caribbean Organizations to become more
focused in their specialized areas
• Development of Caribbean/national
strategies
Main Caribbean Players
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Governments
CARICOM, OECS/ECTEL
CTU, CTO, CBU/CANA (CMC), CANTO
CDERA, Caribbean Export
CDB, CAIC, CARICAD
UWI
OAS/CITEL
UN System, Donor Agencies
ICT Service Providers
Civil Society, NGOs, etc.